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Chalcogenide vs Monochalcogenide - What's the difference?

chalcogenide | monochalcogenide |

As nouns the difference between chalcogenide and monochalcogenide

is that chalcogenide is (inorganic chemistry) any binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element while monochalcogenide is (chemistry) any chalcogenide that has a single chalcogen atom per molecule or unit cell.

chalcogenide

English

(wikipedia chalcogenide)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element.

    • Derived terms

    * oxychalcogenide

    See also

    *oxide *sulphide / sulfide *selenide *telluride

    monochalcogenide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any chalcogenide that has a single chalcogen atom per molecule or unit cell